Spirits Sat As Mourners (April Poetry Month Challenge By Frank Atanacio) Poem about Death

manatita, I think you're absolutely right. I need to go back to ensure that they've all been copyrighted, especially the poems. Although,

so many of my work have been taken, it doesn't seem to matter much. Thank you for the reminder, much appreciated.

Jackie, this one was good fun to do, I hope Frank will do a few more. My best.

Hi Kim, lovely to see you back, I hope you're well.

I saw you were writing on HP again and meant to pop round yesterday but got distracted. Thanks for stopping by and for reading the poem, much appreciated. Take care and my best to you.

Moms-Secret, thank you for reading my poem, much appreciated. This is dark, but I've lightened it up in my second contribution. I'll be round to read yours soon, I'm hoping to read them all, but I may have missed a few. Take care and have a lovely day.

Hi Phyllis, Glad you liked the poem and the Sentinel. It looks like midnight has found a lady friend, and was standing watch over his nest, he is a beautiful bird, sorry I placed him in that strange place between heaven and hell, then again that really is love. :)

Take care now, always a pleasure to see you.

Hi Ann, Thank you for reading and for adding the link.

I can't quiet work out what goes where, I thought of writing a slightly lighter follow up poem, but I'm not sure if I should follow my first poem or someone else's, I'll probably leave it for now but It would be great to read all the poems as one long chain. Take care now.

Hi Crafty, it is so very nice to see you! Thanks for reading this, I do appreciated you taking the time, glad you liked it. Take care and my very best to you.

Thank you Audrey, your comment means a lot and its always good to see you. My best as always.

Hi Kathleen, thank you for stopping by, so glad you liked the poem. My best to you.

Hello Examiner-1, just as I get off to sleep Midnight starts to sing, I love the sound of bird singing, but this little black bird seem to be a bit confused. :)

I used him as the Sentinel in the poem for two reasons, firstly, as a keen bird watcher, you'll know that sentinel birds sits, watch and give a warning in case of danger. Sentinel works in the biblical sense also, standing guard at the watchtower....in my poem a righteous man lay dying, but something happened in the pass and the Trickster wants his pound of flesh. However, the dead mourns not for his death, but for his soul and the sentinel is waiting to warn of the Devil's approach. Glad you liked the poem, Frank did a great job with this challenge. Take care and my best to you.

Hi MsDora, a pleasure to see you. Thanks for reading my contribution, it was fun doing something different.

Hope you're having a lovely day, my best to you.

Hi Jamie, I certainly enjoyed exploring the dark side, great idea from Frank, everyone who contributed was amazingly good, you did an incredible job. take care and my best to you.

Thanks Eddy, much appreciated.

Hi Devika, thank you for reading the poem, I'll try to write a hot one just for you. :) Hope you're having a lovely day, my best to you.

Hi Shyron, sorry about your poem, I think I read it when you first posted it, but when I clicked on the link from my e-mail to make a comment it came up as no longer exist. With HP, there's no rhyme or reason, every time I post a poem my hub score takes a dive, so now , I simply ignore it. I write when it's convenient for me, not HP.

Hi Bill, thank you for brightening my Sunday with this encouraging comment, much appreciated. Hope you and Bev are enjoying the day, take care and my best to you both.

Faith, lovely to see you. I'm glad you enjoyed the poem, Frank makes these challenges so much fun to do. Thank you for the visit, the share and the terrific comment. Hope you're having a lovely Sunday my best to you.

Hi Flourish, I'm sure you've got something pretty special up your sleeve, but i'm so glad you enjoyed my effort. I like to explore my dark side but always keeping sight of the light. :) Thank you and have a wonderful day.

Frank, glad you liked it! I thought the link problem was down to my ineptness, it's good to know it's not just me. :)

Have a wonderful Sunday.

Hi Ruby, thank you for reading this. I've tried to leave a link in the commentary box but I can't seem to get it right, so I've given up trying. :). I read your entry late last night, but it was too late to comment but I'll be right over. Glad you liked the poem.

Jodah, thank you for checking it out, so glad you liked it. I've played about with the title so much before deciding on the sentinel I can't seem to work out the link from frank's page... duh...:) Have a wonderful Sunday.